First-principles modelling of radiation defects in advanced nuclear fuels

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 266, Issue 12-13, 2008, Pages 2671-2675

  Kotomin, E A ^a   Gryaznov, D ^a,b   Grimes, R W ^c   Parfitt, D ^c   Zhukovskii, Yu F ^a   Mastrikov, Yu A ^a   Van Uffelen, P ^b   Rondinella, V V ^b   Konings, R J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Defect migration; First principles calculations; Frenkel defects; O impurity; Supercell model; Uranium mononitride (UN)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL IMPURITIES; ELECTRON MOBILITY; IONS; NUCLEAR FUELS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

DEFECT MIGRATION; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATIONS; FRENKEL DEFECTS; O IMPURITY; SUPERCELL MODEL; URANIUM MONONITRIDE (UN);

RADIATION HAZARDS;

EID: 44649129999     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2008.03.226     Document Type: Article

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